Table 6.
Means and SD for seven addictive-behaviors subscales of the PROMIS questionnaire, listed separately for the three ADHD status groups and for sex.
| Variable | ADHD |
High-symptom |
Low-symptom |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Female | ||||||
| Caffeine | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| Recreational drugs | 12.9 | 18.5 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
| Sexual activities | 7.2 | 13.9 | 3.8 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 6.1 |
| Nicotine | 8.6 | 14.6 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 1.9 | 6.1 |
| Food binging | 13.2 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 6.1 |
| Alcohol | 9.0 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
| Shopping/spending | 13.9 | 12.5 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 13.6 | 9.4 |
| Male | ||||||
| Caffeine | 4.7 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| Recreational drugs | 12.4 | 15.4 | 7.2 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 7.4 |
| Sexual activities | 10.3 | 13.7 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 6.4 | 8.2 |
| Nicotine | 8.2 | 15.4 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 6.2 |
| Food binging | 10.0 | 10.0 | 14.9 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| Alcohol | 15.4 | 11.4 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 8.8 |
| Shopping/spending | 10.8 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.2 |